Researching classrooms: Complexity and chaos

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-190

  Radford, Mike ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645680024     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920600568950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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